Sunday 20 October 2019
Landed properties in JB for HDB prices you want?
For those of you who are not vegetables - mobile and can relocate - you may want to keep abreasts of the development across the causeway:
Singaporeans will snap up JB property...
I not doing advertorial for JB property developers OK? (But if there are any property developers out there, I'll sing like a canary for you if you buy me a drink. I'll sell my soul just to make a sale for you! I'm shameless!)
Affordable right?
RM $1 million is around SGD $350K.
RM $600 K is "only" around SGD $200K.
HDB prices for landed properties in JB anyone?
But then hor, you'll need your own car or motorbike to move around. If you expect a MRT or bus stop 5 minutes from your home... On 2nd thought, maybe you should stay put in Singapore.
LOL!
P.S. You may also want to follow the discussions at this post from the past:
Live in JB and drive back for work?
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No bus fare increase for years in JB. Those who kpkb on recent transport fares increase can move to JB
ReplyDeleteCW,
DeleteSingaporeans like to complain and whine.
But the fact these chronic complainers are still around can be due to 2 main reasons:
1) They got no where else to go. LL.
2) They know in their hearts they've struck the ovarian lottery just by being born in Singapore ;)
I've got 2 childhood neighbour siblings that both emigrated to Australia. See them once in a while whenever they come back to visit their parents. They find Singapore too stressful.
One primary school classmate emigrated to New Zealand!? Don't like how the ang moh treats him there so he came back alone despite wife still in New Zealand... OK...
That's why I wish Malaysia and Indonesia will do well. I prefer Asian countries.
No fun to buy Malaysian property only to find in 20 years, 1 SGD = 6 MYR...
Ouch!
One similar thing about buying residential property in JB & buying resale HDB today .... the mentality should be more for staying rather than making investment profits. Secondary market for residential in JB (and most parts of M'sia) are challenging. ;)
ReplyDeleteAsean should do very well going forward (lucky us!). Msia may just plod along moderately though. Indo, Viet & Phil will be where the action are. Hmm think I'm sounding like a broken record...
Spur,
DeleteOf course. When JB got a HUGE supply of UNSOLD new developments, what you expect when it comes to the secondary market?
But for someone who wants to experience living on landed property in this lifetime (or right here, right now), its one affordable option ;)
Of course, they'll do it like those who don't mind paying condo prices for Tiong Bahru walkup apartments with remaning lease 50 years or less.
Not for investment or passing down to "can't make it" children. Won't mind if the lease expire worthless or market crash in secondary market ;)
Hi SMOL,
DeleteSave the money, go holiday also can stay in landed haha. :)
I am counting our blessings that we don't have to stay in "cage spaces" like HK. Thankful for our smart residential land allocation.
Rainbow girl,
DeleteYes, just rent a villa during holidays we can also experience what's it like to be a landowner ;)
Compared to big cities like Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, and Taipei, must be thankful for our public housing ;)
In Singapore, 2 young married couple can afford to BUY their first apartment after 5 years of working. In how many cities can they do that?
I am actually looking at Malaysia properties now.
ReplyDeleteBut is KL/ Penang not JB. Buy before those HKies come and play.
To be frank their CCR area in KL is really not exp per se.
WolfT,
Delete:)
You've been kicking the tires I see!
JB is more for the arbitrage between earning in SGD and having your living expenses in MYR.
For capital gain speculation, KL and Penang are more popular for overseas investors. (Although Malaysia has lost some of its appeal after the Nagib affair...)
Provided of course MYR don't weaken too much. Or they hedge their forex exposure ;)
Well...
ReplyDeleteU said before a few posts back. Who are those who like the "private" quiet houses, and who are those who like the homes close to MRT leh.
ERSG,
DeleteA good sign of exclusive location in Singapore is when your private property is not near any public transport.
Just like the condos on Claymore hill or Cairnhill. Or those landed bunglows along Chatsworth road. No buses on the public roads; private cars only.
As for those landed properties in JB, one has to decide for oneself whether its because the location is "exclusive", or maybe its because the location is "ulu"?
Hence no public transport ;)
Smol,
ReplyDeleteI believe that the secluded atmosphere is the way to go. Whether the place is ulu or exclusive, is secondary as per my perspective.
Ben
Ben,
DeleteI don't like ulu.
I'm a citywalker.